Dylan Edwards, Collin Klein and midseason thoughts on the Wildcats: K-State Q&A

Kansas State has reached the midpoint of college football season.

There is no better time to hand out some awards based on what we have seen so far from the Wildcats, even though they are off to a disappointing start.

Offensive MVP: Jayce Brown

You could also make a case for Avery Johnson, especially after how well he played last week. But I’m going with Brown. He has been the most consistent playmaker on the roster with 29 catches for 390 yards and three touchdowns. He also has 104 yards and a touchdown on the ground. He has been so good that one Baylor defender had to rip his helmet off to stop him from reaching the end zone at Baylor.

Defensive MVP: Austin Romaine

The K-State linebacker leads the team with 41 tackles. He also has 3.5 tackles for loss, three QB hurries and two pass breakups to his name. But Tobi Osunsanmi also deserves a shoutout for piling up four sacks.

Best Newcomer: Qua Moss

Whenever he makes a big play, you notice. The West Georgia transfer has made 15 tackles to go along with two interceptions and a sack.

Best Play: The Qua Moss interception against UCF

Good luck finding a more athletic play than the one Moss pulled off against the Knights. Honorable mention goes to Jayce Brown’s long touchdown run against Arizona.

Now, let’s dive into your questions. Thanks, as always, for providing them.

How can we keep on living? It feels like this is the end of happiness -@the_funky_andy via X.

Such is life as a college football fan.

I’m not sure why so many of us are passionate about how a group of college students (that we don’t personally know) play football. But we let this sport affect our mood each Saturday during the fall. Then we do it again. And again. And again.

That being said, a 2-4 start for the Kansas State football team is definitely not “the end of happiness.”

Sure, fans expected a better season than this when the Wildcats began the year ranked No. 17. But things could always be worse. Just ask Bill Belichick.

I will also point out that Chris Klieman’s team still has a few things to play for this season. If K-State wins its next two games against TCU and Kansas, the Wildcats will be .500 on the season at 4-4. And their winning streak in the Sunflower Showdown will continue.

Happiness could return in just a few weeks.

Is Dylan Edwards done for the season? I feel like there is more to the story than just injuries -@0mantz0 via X.

It has been a very weird season for Dylan Edwards.

He was full of energy and appeared ready to make a big impact until he muffed a punt return in the early moments of the season-opener against Iowa State. That was his only action that day. He jogged off the field with an ankle injury and didn’t return. Then he remained on the sideline for games against North Dakota and Army. After that, he played sparingly against Arizona and Baylor.

Edwards has only been 100% healthy for one game, when he rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown against UCF. Afterward, Chris Klieman raved about how much better the offense looked with its starting running back.

Other than that, no one has been able to predict how much Edwards will play or what he will be able to do when he is on the field.

Maybe a better question would be: What if Sterling Lockett handled that punt return?

There have even been questions about how Edwards got injured in the first place. Edwards has insisted that if you go back and watch video replays of his punt return you will see a genuine injury that was the result of an Iowa State defender rolling over his ankle. But he hopped right back up after the hit. So, fair or not, some fans remain skeptical about his prolonged absence.

His injury status heading into Saturday’s game against TCU makes his outlook even murkier.

Because he has only played in four games this season, there are plenty of conspiracy theories out there that suggest Edwards is planning to sit out the remainder of the year and use a redshirt. That would allow him to keep an extra year of eligibility and then transfer elsewhere next season.

Those rumors will persist now that he has been declared out for the TCU game.

There is very little chance he announces any kind of redshirt plan right now, because it would behoove him to finish out the year at K-State for NIL purposes. But if he remains on the roster as “questionable” or “out” with injuries and doesn’t play then he could keep collecting pay checks.

To be clear, those are just hypothetical scenarios at the moment.

No insider has told me that Edwards is actually pursuing that path. His agent, Reggie Blackwell, told On3 reporter Pete Nakos that Edwards plans to finish out the season and is “excited” to get back on the field after he works through some injuries.

So maybe there is no reason for concern.

But so many weird things have happened to Edwards this season that people like you are wondering about every possible scenario. He could also turn pro at the end of the year or swear his allegiance to K-State forever.

Edwards has changed course plenty of times before. Remember, as a recruit he was committed to K-State and then Notre Dame and then Colorado before ending up in Manhattan as a transfer.

All I can really tell you is that I have no idea what to expect next from Edwards.

Will Oklahoma State pursue Colin Klein for their head coach? -@BusMedicMike via X.

One would think that Collin Klein is on the list of potential replacements for Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State.

Is he high enough up that list for the Cowboys to seriously try and hire him? I don’t know.

There has been speculation about other coaching targets, such as Zac Robinson, GJ Kinne, Ben Arbuckle, Brian Newberry and Eric Morris.

But Klein is one of the top coordinators available, if Oklahoma State looks to go that route. OSU athletic director Chad Weiberg worked at K-State when Klein was playing quarterback for the Wildcats. So there is a natural connection there. Texas A&M is also off to an undefeated start, so Klein’s coaching stock is high at the moment.

It won’t be a surprise if Klein is in the mix at Oklahoma State.

Can you share your go-to frog leg recipe? -@shanekrull via X.

Nobody wants to eat frog legs.

Absolutely nobody wants to eat the legs of a Horned Frog.

But if you really want to stick it to TCU this weekend then my advice is to cut up some chicken in the shape of a frog leg and then fry it. Or maybe you can find some chicken nuggets that are already shaped like frogs.

I will never forget my first year on the K-State beat, I covered a football game in Lafayette, Louisiana and a fan offered me fried alligator in the parking lot. I gave in to peer pressure and tried it. Was it actually fried gator? I still have no idea. It looked and tasted like chicken. But they called it fried gator and I played along.

Why not copy that strategy. Real or not, no one is going to complain about a chicken nugget that is called a fried frog.

My weekly recommendations

Streaming: Lisa on Ice, from The Simpsons. I re-watched this classic episode from Season 6 the other day and laughed way more than I was expecting. Even after many viewings, the jokes hold up. The bit about “Monster Island” just being a name gets me every time.

Food: Teriyaki flavored beef jerkey from Buc-ee’s. I made sure to get a bag when I visited the legendary truck stop last week in Hillsboro, Texas. It never disappoints.

Vintage K-State highlight: With TCU coming to town this weekend, now seems like the perfect time to re-visit Kansas State’s win over the Horned Frogs in the 2012 Big 12 championship game.

This story was originally published October 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM with the headline "Dylan Edwards, Collin Klein and midseason thoughts on the Wildcats: K-State Q&A."

Kellis Robinett

The Wichita Eagle

Kellis Robinett covers Kansas State athletics for The Wichita Eagle and The Kansas City Star. A winner of more than a dozen national writing awards, he lives in Manhattan with his wife and four children.